U.K. firm cracks the code to convert harmful methane emissions into useful hydrogen and graphene

Cambridge, England — Scientists have long said cutting methane emissions is key to addressing climate change, but many big industries aren't readily able to curb their production of the harmful greenhouse gas. A British company says it has an answer: Turn methane into something else. 

Methane is a menace. Climate scientists say the invisible gas warms the Earth's atmosphere 84 times faster than carbon dioxide. It's released into the atmosphere by organic material, such as food waste, rotting at landfill sites, sewage treatment facilities and by the digestive systems of cows. 

Levidian — a climate tech business in Cambridge, England — set out to tackle this climate change challenge, by giving methane a makeover.